Caravan and Outdoor Life - Issue 653 - August 2016

Number of pages: 96

Year published: 2016

Published by: Godfrey Castle

ISBN: 9770379463010

Cover price: R30.00

Web site: Caravan SA

The Wildebeest's Review of "Caravan and Outdoor Life - Issue 653"

I am settling down with a mug of hot coffee and a copy of the August 2016 edition of Caravan and Outdoor Life magazine. What is that to look forward to? Articles on a three-month trip to Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania as well as a 2,000 km “berg and beer” tour. Sounds interesting.

First up is part 1 of an East vs West trip which basically involves using two different Toyotas to explore the eastern and western halves of South Africa. The focus in part 1 is the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. A Imagine Comfortvan was the portable accommodation for this trip, and it proved to be a good choice. I now see where the beers and berg, that were mentioned on the cover, come in. The tow car for this portion of the trip was a Toyota Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 RB 6MT which turned out to be a great choice.

Gravel roads can inflict a lot of damage to your caravan so naturally manufacturers offer models with some degree of protection and robustness. A Sprite Tourer SP caravan was taken for a test trip. How did it fare? The caravan itself appears to be well-equipped and comfortable and apparently an “absolute pleasure” to tow. So, did it cope with the roads? It did to a large extent. It is not meant to go fully off-road, and one should stick to tar of gravel roads. It did not handle heavily corrugated roads so care should be taken when encountering one.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Allemanskraal Dam - Page: 17
St. Lucia - Page: 19
Golden Gate Highlands National Park - Page: 29
Bloemfontein - Page: 29
Ladybrand - Page: 29
Royal Natal National Park - Page: 29
Shongweni Dam - Page: 29
Plettenberg Bay - Page: 40
Ladybrand - Page: 44

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